Antipasta plate at Seifried

Nelson and Marlborough Wine Country, NZ

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January 3rd 2009
We did a little wine touring on our drive to Nelson across the top of the south island. Golden Bay is one of the up and coming wine regions in NZ. We hit Rimu Grove, Himmelsfeld, Neudorf, and Seifeld Estates. And by Neudorf, everything tasted like the best stuff on earth. Coincidentally I think it's also one of the more established wineries in the region. We stopped for lunch at Seifried but ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more